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Catch this week’s Blackhawk Beat for campus highlights, upcoming events, and ways to stay connected. Don’t miss We Belong Here celebrations, Powderpuff details, and how your student can earn service hours through the American Heart Association Challenge. 

Are you tired of finding out about things after they happened, only to hear that it was on the announcements at school and canvas? Here are the instructions to have observer access to your student's canvas account. Weekly announcements are posted on the dashboard. 

Instructions are also available in Spanish, French and Arabic

HAC or Home Access Center is another helpful tools to be informed about what is happening in your student's classes.

We also want to make all families aware that IDs are mandatory. Replacements are $3 for the ID and $1 for the lanyard. Students are expected to wear a white (7th), orange (8th), or black lanyard (9th). Cash can be paid to the front office! 

Celebrating a Great Week!

It has been a great week at Harwood. 

• Hadestown- Hadestown opens tonight at 7pm at Trinity. The flyer is included to get tickets. Two of our very own Harwood students are in the cast. 

• Veterans Day-We enjoyed celebrating our Veterans. https://youtu.be/7mNTE7S6M98 

• Cross Country Meet- Our HaJH went to see an excellent BEAT Bell pep rally! 

• Gymnastics Meet-Congratulations to both the Harwood Men's and Women's gymnastics teams for their victories Tuesday night against Central and Euless.  Top men's placements of the night include

  • Reece Harris 1st in All Around, Rings and on Parallel Bars, 2nd on Pommel Horse, Vault, and High Bar, 

  • Gordon McNeese 1st on Vault, 2nd on Rings and Parallel Bars. 3rd on All Around, and 4th on Pommel Horse & High Bar

  • Ben Harris for taking 2nd on Floor, 3rd on Pommel Horse, Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar

For the women's team, 

• • Tatum Gilbert 1st on Bars, 2nd on floor, and all around, 3rd on beam

  • Kayla Elliot for taking 1st on Vault, and 4th in the all-around competition

  • Tannar Minnick for taking 4th on Bars and the floor exercise

  • Brenea Norman for taking 4th on vault

  • Blair Scallin for taking 4th on beam

Thank you to those who came out to support the team.  We are just starting out and plan to DOMINATE the entire season. The BEST IS YET TO COME. Great job, gymnastics!

• We are Harwood -We’re excited to launch our Harwood: We Belong Here celebration—a campuswide event focused on belonging, inclusion, and student voice. Throughout the coming days, students and staff will work together to design creative door displays that show what it means to belong at Harwood.

Displays will be ready for judging on November 14th and judged on November 15th. 

Families, we’d love for you to join the celebration by sharing why your student belongs at Harwood. Your words of encouragement help us highlight the pride, purpose, and community that make our Blackhawks college bound and future ready.

Please take a moment to send a short message, quote, or story about your student’s connection to Harwood—what makes them feel seen, supported, and part of the Blackhawk family. Together, we’ll remind every student that they belong here.

Next Week

• Next Friday (November 21st) is PAJAMA DAY for $2.

• Powderpuff is November 19th at 3:45pm.

• American Heart Association Challenge- We are excited that our campus is partnering with the American Heart Association to participate in One Week to Save Lives the week leading up to Thanksgiving Break!  Through this program we are encouraging our students to register via this link: http://www2.heart.org/goto/HarwoodJrHigh. Once your student is registered, they can begin to complete Finn’s Mission! Through completing Finn’s Mission, as a family yall can learn the LIFESAVING skill of Hands-Only CPR, the Warning Signs of a Stroke as well as the dangers of Vaping and Tobacco!

 Our campus is committed to being a campus of lifesavers and having many students complete Finn’s Mission! 

Once your student completes Finn’s Mission they will earn:

1. 8 hours of community service

2. An entry into a drawing for one of 5 pairs of tickets (nationally) to the 2027 Super Bowl

• Sant hats will be on sale for $5. Students can wear then any or every day in December. 

• Winter dress up days are below in the flyers. Let's show some spirit! 

• Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Scholarship- Applications were provided to those interested in applying.

Application Deadline: December 1st

Submission: Return completed applications to your child’s counselor.

Each campus will select two finalists to represent the school in the BBYF scholarship competition. These finalists will join a pool from which 34 scholarship recipients will be chosen.

For questions, contact:

Sescelli Cox (A–K): sescellicox@hebisd.edu

Kari Lovas (L–Z): karilovas@hebisd.edu

Updates and information

• Please see the safety guidelines 

• HAC or Home Access Center is another helpful tools to be informed about what is happening in your student's classes.

https://www.hebisd.edu/.../home-access-center-online-grades  

• Are you tired of finding out about things after they happened, only to hear that it was on the announcements at school and canvas? Here are the instructions to have observer access to your student's canvas account. Weekly announcements are posted on the dashboard. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EqcgXz6bWeDUkXhuSx1dJnxtvlZmxckM/view?usp=sharing 

• We also want to make all families aware that IDs are mandatory. Replacements are $3 for the ID and $1 for the lanyard. Students are expected to wear a white (7th), orange (8th), or black lanyard (9th). Cash can be paid to the front office! 

• Outside fast food must be eaten in the office unless the parent would like to eat in the cafeteria with their student.

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Clubs in Action

• Yearbook Club – Mondays, 8:00 AM (H103)

• Creative Writing Club - Mondays, 3:45-4:45 pm (H118)

• Art Club – Mondays after school until 5:00 pm (Art Room)

• Book Club – 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 3:40–4:15 pm (H119)

• Dance Club – Wednesdays, 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM 

• Student Council – 2nd Wednesday of the Month, 8:00 am (H103)

• Thespian Club – Thursdays, 7:30–8:10 am (G102)

• NJHS – 1st Thursdays, 8:00 am (H103)

• Chess Club-  Thursdays, 3:40 - 4:45 (C100) 

• HJH Dance Club- Wednesdays, 3:45-4:30

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Ongoing Reminders

• Replacement IDs $3, Lanyards $1.00
  
  

• Students may not leave campus in the mornings.
  
  

• Drop-off/pick-up: Please pull all the way to the gym; front entrance reserved for buses.
  
  

• Wednesdays = College Day / Thursdays = Spirit Day.
  
  

• Volunteer Fridays: Volunteers must be cleared through the district VIPS. 

• Support our teachers by preparing classroom materials (copies, sorting, etc.).

• 👉 Sign up here
  
  

🙌 Thank you for your support and partnership in making this year a success!

– Dr. Ramirez